Children
Rescuing Nepal’s stolen children from a life of hell
Matt Gwilliam reports on the Maiti Nepal project, which rescues children stolen for sex trafficking and forced labour - the stories are truly harrowing.
Ladies of the WI join the ranks of the bolshy book borrowers
Kevin Meagher reports on the launch of the Women's Institute's ‘Love your Libraries’ campaign, and the other nationwide campaigns to save our libraries.
OECD: Spending cuts threaten progress on child poverty
The OECD has warned the government about the impact of spending cuts on child poverty. They argue that "Sustained early years investment is needed to meet the UK’s child poverty targets".
How the ‘jilted generation’ is paying for coalition’s cuts
More than 2,000 young people from across the country, including from the Prime Minister's own constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire, have signed a letter to David Cameron to be published today, calling for the government to think again on its planned cuts to youth provision and support.
As 2011 dawns, remember the 3.9 million children still living in poverty
In the last of our series of articles looking ahead to 2011, Left Foot Forward's devolution correspondent Ed Jacobs presents a sobering picture of the state of the nation, with many millions still living in poverty and suffering depression.
Campaigners fear child detention coalition back track
Campaigners have raised serious concerns over the Coalition's shifting policy on child detention and whether the practice will continue in all but name.